I stumbled across this on Wikipedia today and had to blog about it (my inner geek loves it):

Telus: How would you break up? Chlamydia (by sτενεωooδroω) Not that I want to poke fun at those afflicted with certain STIs, but I had to laugh at some enterprising Osborne Villager for making light of these terrible Telus billboards around Winnipeg.

At Mr. Tyas’ suggestion, I’ve fired up a new blog devoted to the search for good coffee I blogged about earlier: YWG Coffee. We shall see how it goes…

W00t! My letter to the WFP about Jim Rondeau’s comments on the ZENN and hydrogen fuel cells got printed in Saturday’s Free Press, and as the “Letter Of The Day”, no less: Go electric Re: Province looks at more fuel efficiency rebates, March 5. Minister Jim Rondeau needs to look beyond the “hydrogen fuel cell” [...]

Matt Good wrote a song back in 2003 called 21st Century Living. He included some lyrics on ambition: Ambition. Ambition’s a tricky thing. It’s like riding a unicycle on a dental floss tightrope over a wilderness of razor blades. Ambition can backfire. After watching the primaries yesterday, with John McCain solidifying his nomination and ready [...]

CBC reports that only ~41% of Albertans voted in their provincial election yesterday. While Manitoba’s arguably not any better at 56.75% in our last election, it’s a little sad that such a low turnout gives a mandate to those who govern the economically-powerful, environmentally-careless, and growing-too-quickly Alberta. Perhaps the problem is the Elections Alberta slogan: [...]

I’ve become frustrated at the apparent lack of shops in Winnipeg that are passionate about their coffee (and especially espresso). Vancouver and Seattle have many of these so called “Third Wave” coffee shops, and Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal have a few as well. Heck, even Saskatoon has two or three good coffee places [...]